On the picket line
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Immigrant workers hunger strike  A new hunger strike has broken out at a migrant prison, the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington. The strike of at least 40 immigrants is already in its second week, according to the immigrant solidarity group La Resistencia.  The strike, the eighth

Nurses at St. Louis University Hospital (SLUH) are accusing the hospital administration of unfair labor practices, including stalling contract negotiations and outsourcing registered nurse jobs. The nurses are represented by the Nurses National Organizing Committee (NNOC), an arm of National Nurses United (NNU).

Contract negotiations have dragged on since May 2023. Despite informational pickets and walkouts, SLUH nurses say the hospital is still outsourcing work to temporary agency nurses instead of making the necessary changes to attract and retain permanent staff nurses. Nurse-to-patient staffing ratios have increased since a new hospital opened. This suggests that hospital administrators are absorbing new operational costs by increasing nurses’ workloads in order to preserve the organization’s profit margin.

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Inspired by the Starbucks union drive that began in Buffalo, ETS workers have organized with Workers United, which represents Starbucks workers across the country.

According to ETS worker and union leader Abel Lopez: “ETS workers are going on strike because of the union-busting, the harassment, the drastic cut in hours and unfair treatment in general. We’re going on strike and using our voices to hopefully win this thing and let other people know that it’s not okay to be talked down to or belittled by your employers.” (tinyurl.com/572fdf48)